Author: Rowbotham, Samuel P.; Pessina, Patrizia; de Alba Rivas, Carolina Garcia; Li, Jingyun; Wong, Irene G.; Yoon, Joon; Fahey, Caroline; Moye, Aaron; Chongsaritsinsuk, Joann; Bronson, Roderick; Sui, Shannan J. Ho; Kim, Carla F.
Title: Chromatin alterations in the aging lung change progenitor cell activity Cord-id: 862mwe1n Document date: 2021_7_15
ID: 862mwe1n
Snippet: The lung contains multiple progenitor cell types that respond to damage, but how their responses are choreographed and why they decline with age is poorly understood. We report that histone H3 lysine 9 di-methylation (K9me2), mediated by histone methyltransferase G9a, regulates the dynamics of lung epithelial progenitor cells, and this regulation deteriorates with age. In aged mouse lungs, K9me2 loss coincided with lower frequency and activity of alveolar type 2 (AT2) cell progenitors. In contra
Document: The lung contains multiple progenitor cell types that respond to damage, but how their responses are choreographed and why they decline with age is poorly understood. We report that histone H3 lysine 9 di-methylation (K9me2), mediated by histone methyltransferase G9a, regulates the dynamics of lung epithelial progenitor cells, and this regulation deteriorates with age. In aged mouse lungs, K9me2 loss coincided with lower frequency and activity of alveolar type 2 (AT2) cell progenitors. In contrast, K9me2 loss resulted in increased frequency and activity of multipotent progenitor cells with bronchiolar and alveolar potential (BASCs) and bronchiolar progenitors. K9me2 depletion in young mice through deletion or inhibition of G9a decreased AT2 progenitor activity and impaired alveolar injury regeneration. Conversely, K9me2 depletion increased chromatin accessibility of bronchiolar cell genes, increased BASC frequency and accelerated bronchiolar repair. K9me2 depletion also resulted in increased bronchiolar cell expression of the SARS-CoV2 receptor Ace2 in aged lungs. These data point to K9me2 and G9a as a critical regulator of the balance of lung progenitor cell regenerative responses and prevention of susceptibility to age-related lung diseases. These findings indicate that epigenetic regulation coordinates progenitor cell populations to expedite regeneration in the most efficient manner and disruption of this regulation presents significant challenges to lung health.
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